Amnon Feiner

While it take no time to get used to garbage, it takes a while to realize
that certain things work right from the get go! Windoze users are used to
warnings, so was I.
<qdza@vwntuo.com> wrote in message
news:C1LYb.65357$Wa.14597@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> | Hi everyone, I would like something that acts like Zone alarm on
> | windoze but plays on Linux/Suse. The ability to monitor in real time
> | various break-in attempts from the web is kind of neat in Zone A. As
> | of yet Im not smart enough to know where to look for something like it
> | for Linux.Im told that Zone provides very adequate protection from
> | outside intrusion and I would like a Linux application to be as
> | effective as Zone. Could there be something out there that doesn't
> | require an admin to install/configure?
>
> I don't know of a real-time intrusion notification system similar to
> Zone Alarm. You have to remember that Linux is a multi-user system. To
> whom should the warning dialogs be sent? There may be no GUI active or
> admin logged in.
>
> Assuming you have the SUSE firewall activated, there are various
> packages to display firewall logs usually to a web page. There may be
> some on the CD, also check freshmeat.net.
>
> But after a while you will relax and not worry about these things. It
> looks neat in the Windows world: "wow I can watch people trying to break
> into my computer", but really, wouldn't you just rather get on with your
> work?
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